Senior Sourcing Manager - Direct Materials Leader

MKS Instruments, Inc.; Andover (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

MKS Instruments, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Sourcing Manager to lead a team of Sourcing Specialists, directing Direct Material sourcing across machining, fabrication, and electromechanical commodities. You will align priorities with NPI, Category Management, and engineering teams to deliver cost, supply continuity, and quality.

You will coach and develop the team, apply the 6-Gate Sourcing Process, manage escalations, and drive cost reduction and localization initiatives while traveling up to 30%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or related discipline.
• 8–10+ years of experience in sourcing, procurement, supply chain, or a related complex manufacturing environment.
• Strong knowledge of strategic sourcing, supplier evaluation and selection, commercial negotiation, and sourcing governance.
• Experience coordinating and prioritizing multiple sourcing initiatives based on business needs, cost opportunity, complexity, and supply risk.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and align cross-functional stakeholders, manage competing priorities, remove barriers, and drive resolution of escalations.
• Strong commercial and analytical skills, including supplier negotiations, quotation and cost analysis, business cases, and total cost of ownership.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and cost drivers, including machining, fabrication, and electromechanical assembly.
• Experience supporting supplier transitions, qualification, cost reduction, localization, dual sourcing, and supply risk mitigation initiatives.
• Strong judgment, coaching, facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to guide sourcing decisions and support Sourcing Specialists.
• Experience working with global suppliers and teams, ERP/PLM and project management tools, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and travel up to 30% as needed.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a portfolio of Direct Material sourcing initiatives across machining, fabrication, electromechanical, and other assigned commodities.
• Coordinate sourcing priorities based on business needs, cost opportunities, NPI requirements, supply risk, and Category Management direction.
• Enabling Sourcing Specialists to successfully execute their projects by ensuring clear priorities, requirements, resources, and stakeholder support.
• Maintaining visibility across sourcing initiatives, including status, milestones, risks, resource constraints, decisions, and financial impact.
• Ensuring consistent application of the 6-Gate Sourcing Process, sourcing standards, and approval requirements.
• Orchestrating cross-functional alignment across Category Management, Engineering, Quality, NPI, Procurement, Should-Cost, Supplier Development, and other stakeholders to support timely sourcing decisions.
• Providing commercial and sourcing guidance on supplier evaluations, complex proposals, negotiations, and supplier selection, while ensuring cost, capability, capacity, quality, lead time, and supply risk are considered.
• Identifying and driving opportunities for cost reduction, cost avoidance, localization, supplier diversification, dual sourcing, and supply risk mitigation across the portfolio.
• Removing barriers and serving as an escalation point for complex supplier, commercial, and cross-functional issues, engaging supplier or internal leadership when needed.
• Coaching and developing Sourcing Specialists while communicating portfolio performance, key risks, opportunities, and decisions requiring leadership attention.

Skills

Sourcing leadership

Direct Materials sourcing

Stakeholder management

Cost reduction

Project management

Analytical skills

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain

MBA/MS in related field

Tools

ERP/PLM

Data analytics tools

Job description

MKS Instruments, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Sourcing Manager to lead a team of Sourcing Specialists, directing Direct Material sourcing across machining, fabrication, and electromechanical commodities. You will align priorities with NPI, Category Management, and engineering teams to deliver cost, supply continuity, and quality.

You will coach and develop the team, apply the 6-Gate Sourcing Process, manage escalations, and drive cost reduction and localization initiatives while traveling up to 30%.